cá

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃá]

cá

1. really

cá

1. to deceive, to fool someone

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kaː/

cá

1. where?

   Synonyms: cá háit, cén áit

   Cá bhfuil tú? ― Where are you?

   Cá ndeachaigh sé? ― Where did he go?

• Not used with the past tense, except for some irregular verbs. Triggers eclipsis of the following verb. Takes the dependent form of irregular verbs.

• cár (used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant)
• cárb, cárbh (used in copular constructions before a vowel)

cá (triggers h-prothesis)

1. what?

   Cá haois é? ― What age is he? How old is he?

   Cá tairbhe duit é? ― What profit is it to you?

• cén (singular), cé na (plural)

• cá háit (“where?”)
• cá huair (“when?”)

cá

1. The name of the Latin-script letter k/K.

Although the letter ⟨k⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• casa

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cá f

1. house

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cá

From Old Galician-Portuguese aca, from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Compare archaic French çà, Spanish acá and Italian qua.

• câ, cà, ca (obsolete)

cá (not comparable)

1. here (in this place)

   Synonym: aqui

   Antonym: lá

   Cá estou. ― Here I am.

2. hither (to this place)

   Synonym: aqui

   Vem cá. ― Come here.

3. here (at this time; at the present situation)

   Synonyms: agora, aqui, já

   De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.

   We’ve done a lot since then.

   (literally, “from there to here.”)

From Latin kā (“kay”).

cá m (plural cás)

1. (Brazil) The name of the Latin-script letter K/k. (kay)

   Synonym: (Portugal) capa

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥]
• (Quảng Nam) IPA^(key): [kɑː˦˥]

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From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognate with Thavung ก้า, Khmer កា (kaa, “prefix for fish”), Pacoh aca, Bahnar ka, Mang ʔaː¹, Khasi 'kha/dohkha, Mon က (kaˀ), Car Nicobarese kāḵ.

(classifier con) cá • (亇, 个, 𩵜)

1. a fish (vertebrate animal)

   Cá heo và cá voi không phải là cá.

   Dolphins and whales aren't fish.

cá

1. (colloquial) to bet

• ác